January 28, 2013

The Gray Winter

Maybe I’ve already mentioned that it gets really ugly and gray here during the winter.  It has snowed every couple of days this January.  Even if it doesn’t stick we usually have some flurries during every day.  As much as I like a little snow, I could do with a little more sun.  Its hard not to experience some seasonal depression here.  Thankfully we have our trip to America to look forward to in February! 

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Schwedelbach under snow up above and right by the bus stop for my kids below.  The blue house in this picture has a small bakery on the bottom floor that is a life saver sometimes.  The white poofy stick hanging off the blue house on the very far left is the spirit stick that they decorate every September.  Its starts very colorful and then the weather makes all the colors fade and wash away as the year progresses.  I don’t like that my kids walk through the busiest intersection every day to get to the bus stop, but that’s how it goes! 

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There are lots of little farms here in our village and tractors on the roads are commonplace. 

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We travel down this street every time we leave our house and this house in front of us is our view!  The green door is where we took our most recent family picture.  All summer long two little old German ladies sit outside almost all day waving as people go by.  Apparently they are crazy according to the younger gal who lives there.  I’ve gotten to visit with them here and there because of needing their door for pictures. 

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